Curiosidades

Her name is Swahili for "art" but can be loosely interpreted as "artwork" or "work of art".

Alfre Woodard has played Sanaa's mother in three different films: Uma Coisa Nova: As Surpresas do Coração (2006), Além dos Limites (2000) and The Family That Preys (2008).

Yale School of Drama graduate.

Sanaa was raised partly in Beverly Hills with her father, director Stan Lathan, and partly in New York with her mother, Eleanor McCoy, a Broadway stage actress.

Graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a B.A. in English.

Gained 20 pounds for her role in Disappearing Acts (2000).

Voted one of Ebony magazine's 55 Most Beautiful People. (2000)

Says her name is pronounced Sa-NA, "like Sinatra without the tra".

Appearing on Broadway as Beneatha in "Raisin In The Sun". (abril de 2004)

Best friend of Sean Patrick Patterson.

Friends with Gabrielle Union.

Mother was an Alvin Ailey dancer.

Sister of Tendaji Lathan.

She is African-American.